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NUTS-3 DEF02 · Germany
Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt
Population
252,6682025
GDP
€14,647M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
109.9 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
54.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
57.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
51.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
39.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
35.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.8

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€57,970
Population density
2,298 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 68 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,379M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€4M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,007M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,632M
GVA — construction (F)
€359M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,323M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
52,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€58,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,063M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,661M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,621M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,065M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
180,810
Self-employed persons
10,480
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,360
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.0%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,637
Enterprise births
738
Enterprise deaths
691
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
36
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
150 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,108,564
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
815
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
323
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
80
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
172,470
Population aged 65+
49,169
Population aged under 15
31,029
Median age of population
40.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.5%
Crude rate of total population change
3.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
Live births
2,080
Deaths
2,772
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.08
Population density (persons per km²)
2,156 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
112 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
1,620 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,782 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
28 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr